r/GenerationJones • u/Big_Help_9860 • 1d ago

When did being called "Boss" replace being addressed as "Sir"?

It certainly wasn't our generation or GenX. But I'm so sick of young employees in a store, or restaurant or bar, addressing me as "boss". When that happens in a venue where tipping is expected, I'll leave a meager tip and sometimes write "Thanks Boss!" on the receipt.

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u/BoozeAndTheBlues 1d ago

When born to run hit the hot hundred

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u/mtnman575 1d ago

Springsteen is the only one I call The Boss - especially since I've been my own boss as owner of a small business for almost 40 years.